8/11/2025
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Ask & Answer | What students and parents need to know about NC’s new direct admission to college
More than 62,000 North Carolina public high school seniors are set to receive direct admission to select colleges and universities across the state this fall thanks to the NC College Connect program, according to a press release from the UNC...
Strategic plan to make NC public schools ‘best in the nation’ approved
In their monthly convening last week, the State Board of Education approved the final draft of the Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) 37-page, five-year strategic plan, titled “Achieving Educational Excellence.” The plan is meant to communicate the shared vision of...
Eight NC community colleges prepare to launch Boost
“We’ve made it to the starting line!” said Dr. Nicole Ditillo, Boost director for the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), to a room of staff members from the eight community colleges participating in the program’s first cohort. Funded by...
Brief | Fostering whole school change when legislative mandates are lacking
Editor’s Note: The sixth brief of an eight-part series from the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation is embedded below on classroom experiences while aligning reading instruction with the “science of reading.” In 1996, North Carolina lawmakers authorized the establishment of...
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